MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2004
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Sunday, August 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil overshoots target.
Brazil managed a primary budget surplus during the first half of 2004 equivalent to 5,76% of GDP, clearly overshooting the target agreed with the IMF.
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Sunday, August 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Hundreds killed in mall blaze in Asuncion.
At least 283 people have died and hundreds more are injured in a fire at a Sunday crowded shopping mall in Asuncion, Paraguay's capital according to the latest hospital reports.
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Saturday, July 31st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Warn Against Amazon Destruction.
The millions of tons of greenhouse gases spewed into the atmosphere every year by burning in the Amazon are almost entirely absorbed by the rain forest, scientists said.
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Saturday, July 31st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Poll gives Chavez edge in referendum.
In the coming August 15 referendum, some 45 percent of Venezuelans will vote in favor of president Hugo Chavez continuing as president, about 34 percent will vote for his recall, and a significant number remains undecided, according to a poll published Friday in the the daily El Nacional.
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Saturday, July 31st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine homes save on gas, electricity to meet energy crisis.
The Argentine government on Friday said that in the first six months of the year a plan to reduce household energy consumption yielded savings of 8 percent on domestic gas and 3 percent on electricity, which were used to supply growing industrial demand.
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Saturday, July 31st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Conversion of Falkland Islands pounds into Sterling.
Public Notice from the Treasury and Standard Chartered Bank.
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Saturday, July 31st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Hoon's Gibraltar visit “untimely”, says Madrid.
The Spanish government has summoned its ambassador in the United Kingdom to Madrid for consultations following the announcement of a high ranking delegation visit to Gibraltar, headed by Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon.
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Friday, July 30th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine fisheries news.
Headlines:
Argentina cuts drastically toothfish catches; Argentine fish exports increase 18%. Good shrimp catches in South Atlantic. -
Friday, July 30th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Oil industry targets South Atlantic.
Repsol-YPF Argentina's main hydrocarbons producer and other foreign companies will be investing over 300 million US dollars in oil and gas exploration in the South Atlantic and offshore Buenos Aires province during 2005.
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Friday, July 30th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Hewlett-Packard CEO praises Chile.
Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said in Santiago that Latin America has much to learn from Chile regarding economics and institutional security.
